Several of Talley's 11 siblings lived well into their 90s, said 75-year-old Thelma Holloway, Talley's only child.

Talley, who gave up bowling at age 104, uses a walker to get around and still plans to attend her annual fishing outing with Michael Kinloch, a friend from Wayne County's Canton Township whom she met at church.

"Her memory is phenomenal," he said.

Talley moved to Michigan in 1935, and her husband, Alfred, died in 1988.

Her friend, Mary Kennedy, said Talley remains alert and has a sense of humor.

"She is original," Kennedy said. "There is nobody else like her."

The Gerontology Research Group said the world's two oldest people are 115 and live in Japan.